Message #216934

[Rachel Dearth]

the people of Boudicca with human sacrifices, like the native Bellona of the Scordisci. 1

A goddess of the chase was identified with Artemis in Galatia, where she had a priestess Camma, and also in the west. At the feast of the Galatian goddess dogs were crowned with flowers, her worshippers feasted and a sacrifice was made to her, feast and sacrifice being provided out of money laid aside for every animal taken in the chase. 2 Other goddesses were equated with Diana, and one of her statues was destroyed in Christian times at Trèves. 3 These goddesses may have been thought of